Hardware and Methods for Secure Alarmed Armored Protective Distribution Systems and Management

A protective distribution system for fiber optic cables, comprising:

• a fiber optic cable including a plurality of optical fibers;
• the fiber optic cable having at least one monitoring fiber of the plurality of fibers;
• a monitoring system arranged to transmit signals into said at least one monitoring fiber and to detect changes in the signals indicative of movement of the monitoring fiber;
• a box connected to said fiber optic cable containing a component for acting on the fiber optic cable;
• the cable being connected to the box so as to enter the box;
• the box having a door which can be closed to enclose the box;
• wherein the component in the box is powered through a power cord by an outside power source and wherein the box is arranged such that power to the component is disconnected if the box is opened.

A protective distribution system for fiber optic cables, comprising:

• a fiber optic cable including a plurality of optical fibers;
• the fiber optic cable having at least one monitoring fiber of the plurality of fibers;
• a monitoring system arranged to transmit signals into said at least one monitoring fiber and to detect changes in the signals indicative of movement of the monitoring fiber;
• a box connected to said fiber optic cable containing a component for acting on the fiber optic cable;
• the cable being connected to the box so as to enter the box;
• the box having a door which can be closed to enclose the box;
• wherein the box is designed such that ventilation occurs only when box is open.